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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,765, dated September 8, 1885. Application filed January 7, 1B.-5. (No model.) Patented in France July l, 1884, No. 163,080.

To all whom/15 may concern: I

Be it known that I, EMILE PETIT, a citizen ofthe Republic of France, and a resident of St. Denis, near Paris, France, have invented certain Improvements in Safes and Strong Boxes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

. My invention relates to that class of safes or strong boxes wherein the inner receptacle or coffer is housed within an outer casing that is constructed and adapted to be moved up or down at will, so as to permit of access to the coffer. I mount 'the inner receptacle or coffer on a pedestal, wherebyit stands exposed when the outer casing is lowered.

I have shown and will describe, briefly, a lock for securing the outer shell in position when raised, premising that any lock may, however, be employed for this purpose.

The novel features of my invention Will be hereinafter fully described, and carefully deiined in the claims.

In the drawings, which serve to illustrate my invention, Figure l is a vertical mid-section of my improved safe, showing the outer envelope or casing raised and locked. Fig. 2 is a iront elevation showing the outer envelope .or casing lowered and the door of the safe proper or inner receptacle thrown open. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan taken in the plane of the line 3 3, in Fig. 1, showing the lock mechanism. Fig. 4 is ahorizontal section taken in the plane of the line 4. 4 in Fig.-l.

A is a cylindrical pedestal on which rests the safe proper or in ner receptacle, B, which latter is provided with a door, C. On the exterior .surface of the pedestal A is formed a spiral track, a, and exterior to the pedestal and housing it is a shell or casing, A. This shell or` casing is not, however,'essential to my invention.

E isa cap mountedon the top of safe B and containing the lock mechanism, which will be hereinafter described.

F is the outer envelope which incloses the safe and protects it against thieves. This envelope is cylindrical, and is capable of being raised and lowered. At its lower edge it is provided with bearing-rollers a, one of which is shown in Fig. 1. rIhese rollers rest on the spiral track a, and roll on the said track when the envelope is rotated on its vertical axis,

`of the cap E and is locked o rsecuredin ally in and out, so that its whereby the said envelope is raised and lowered. The rotationof the envelope in vraising and lowering it may be effected by suitable handles, Y. Vhen the envelope F is raised, its upper edge passes Within the pendent rim place, as will be hereinafter described.

The door C of the safe B is shown as, provided with three bolts, D D D, adapted to be shot simultaneously by suitable lock mechanism, D,.of any kind, and a suitable key. As this fastening for door G is onlyA auxiliary to the main devices for security, any form or kind of lock known to those skilled in the art may be employed, or an ordinarylatch would serve if the princxpal securing devices were to be relied on for safety.

I will now describe the device for locking the outer envelope fast when it has been elevated so as to house and conceal the safe B, as in Fig. l. This mechanism is best shown in Figs. l and 3.

M represents a tubular lock of any kindas, for example, a Yale lock, of which L is the spindle, capable of being rotated by the key of the lock. On the end of this spindle is a pinion, J, which meshes with the teeth of a crown wheel, I, mounted rotatively on a vertical axis. Fixed to this crown-wheel is a pinion,'N, which engages the teeth of a rack, P, on a bolt, H, arranged to play radiend may engage a locking recess or aperture, K, in the outer en` velope, F, and thus prevent the latter from being moved. I usually employ several bolts, H, three being shown in Fig. 3; and in this case I operate all from pinion N through the medium of other pinions, O, controlled by and operated through N. This construction is clearlyshownin the drawings.

In order to afford better protection than would alone be aorded by the lock M, or in cases Where the lock M is replaced by a simple button on the end of spindle L, which could be thus turned by any one at will, I employ a combination device by which the bolts H may be permitted to shoot or be prevented from shooting, as desired, this regulation being under control only of the person having the combinatiom as in the case of ordinary combination-locks. Y

Any suitable combination device may be IOO employed for this purpose, and such a device forms no part of my present invention. In Fig. 3, however, I have shown such devices in position, V V representing their operatingspindles;S S, the operatingknobs on same; I T,toothed disks on the spindles; U U, notched disks mounted on the spindles, and b b ribs on the bolts H to engage the notches in U U. I have not shown the details of these mechananisrns, Eig. 3 serving merely to show how they may be placed. In Fig. 2 the slotted slide h on guide-screws 7c 7c, provided with an operating-knob, g, and two pins, z', constitute a device connected with the combination mech anism for changing the combination. This will require no further description. The bolts H of the lock are guided in keepers, and I usually construct these by slotting the bolts and mounting set-screws Q in the slots.

I am aware that itis not new to raise and lower a coffer or strong box out from and into a casing in order to protect it; and I am also aware that it has been proposed to inclose a strong box in an externally screw-threaded casing of cylindrical forni, and to provide this casing with an exterior casing to screw down over it. In this case it is necessary to provide the inner casing with a door to provide access to the door of the strong box. These constructions I do not claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. A safe comprising a safe proper or inner receptacle, provided with a cap which incloses a locking or fastening mechanism, an exterior envelope constructed to be raised and lowered, for the purposes specified, the upper edge of which envelope is constructed to take within a pend ent ange on the said cap, and a fastening arranged within the cap for securing the exterior envelope in its elevated position, substantially as described.

2. A safe comprising a cylindrical pedestal, provided with an inclined way, as shown, a safe proper mounted on said pedestal, an exterior cylindrical envelope provided with rollers which travel over the inclined Way on the pedestal when the said envelope is raised and lowered by rotating it, and a fastening for securing the said envelope in its raised position, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the pedestal provided with an inclined way, the fixed exterior casing arranged to inclose the pedestal, the safe proper or inner receptacle mounted on the pedestal and provided with a cap, and the movable exterior easing, F, adapted to be raised and lowered, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth. l

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my naine in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EMILE PETIT.

Witnesses:

Roer. M. HooPER, AMAND RITTER. 

